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Schwarzenegger:
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David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Why aren't Republicans being asked about climate change? |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Sebelius as VP?
Can the Kansas governor show toughness under assault from Big Coal? |
David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A certain faction of young progressive bloggers is fond of the notion of Barack Obama picking Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. She is a successful, popular, progressive governor in a red state, and has shown a real talent for bringing people together to produce practical results. That would compliment Obama's core message. (Then again, she's a woman, and if this race has demonstrated anything, it's that misogyny is alive and well in America.) What fa ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, Kansas, politics, presidential race 08, state politics (all these topics) |
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Hear You Loud and Nuclear
Hillary Clinton brings an environmental issue to the fore in Nevada |
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17 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:14 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton is taking pains to make sure all Nevadans know her views on -- gasp! -- an environmental issue: She would stop plans to store nuclear waste at the state's Yucca Mountain repository. "This is not just, 'We're in Nevada, so we'll talk about an issue Nevadans care about,'" Clinton assured voters. "This is an American issue." Yucca Mounta ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Coal is the enemy of the human race: Edwards in the debate edition
Edwards puts the coal issue into the Dem debate |
David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Below the fold, I've put the entire portion of the transcript from last night's Dem debate that deals with climate and energy. It is to the candidates' credit that they took a narrow, stupid question about Yucca Mountain and managed to expand it into a discussion of energy. JMG scolded me for not giving kudos to John Edwards for bringing up the fact that coal is the enemy of the human race. And rightly so: he deserves kudos. This is what he said: I believe we need ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Comin' Round the Mountain
Leading Dem candidates talk nuclear power at Nevada debate |
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16 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:18 PM on 16 Jan 2008 The three leading Democratic presidential candidates came together in Nevada last night for yet another debate. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama all wooed Nevada voters by voicing opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository, with Edwards taking his opposition a step further and coming out against all new nuclear construction. The highest drama came b ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Green and not heard
What is the Green Party up to, exactly? |
David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Green Party assembled in the counterintuitive location of San Francisco recently for its presidential debate, wherein ex-Dem Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was joined by this cast of luminaries: The other three candidates included Jared Ball, a hip-hop scholar and assistant professor of communications at Morgan State University in Baltimore; Kat Swift, a 34-year-old dread-locked activist from San Antonio who said she will "be just old enough to be presi ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Me on the radio
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David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I was on RFK Jr.'s Air America radio show 'Ring of Fire' the other day, talking about the lay of the land in the presidential race, climate-wise. Should you be so inclined, you can hear it here. |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Dem debate in Nevada
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David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Well, the Dem debate in Nevada this evening was largely an excruciating affair, thanks to the world-historical vapidity, ignorance, and pettiness of moderators Tim Russert and Brian Williams. Before you do anything else, go read Matt Yglesias' new piece, 'The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert.' It could not be more right on. In what, as far as I can tell, was the only even mildly interesting, Grist-relevant moment in the debate, John Edwards unambiguously rejects nu ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John Edwards, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Mitt Me With Your Best Shot
Romney wins Michigan GOP primary after bashing McCain on fuel economy |
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15 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:18 PM on 15 Jan 2008 Mitt Romney won Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday, after whacking John McCain for supporting tougher fuel-economy regulations and promoting "radical climate change legislation." Romney portrayed himself as a defender of Michigan's floundering auto industry and said the automakers shouldn't be burdened with having to produce more fuel-efficient cars ... |
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| Topics: elections, John McCain, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Romney takes Michigan
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David Roberts |
15 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| CNN is calling Michigan for Romney. Guess all that pandering worked.This means a long and extremely divisive race on the R side. |
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| Topics: elections, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Green in sheep's clothing?
Pro-warming Romney has sham slam on McCain |
Joseph Romm |
15 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Think Progress has the whole story, but I'll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate: Last weekend, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for supporting 'radical climate change legislation,' and 'pushing for a massive new energy tax.' Romney is using an anti-environment front group, ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Pandering in Michigan
Romney and McCain treat Michigan workers like credulous children |
David Roberts |
14 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Romney and McCain are campaigning furiously in Michigan, and it's tight. Romney, for whom Michigan is make-or-break, seems to have decided it's in his best interests to sell fantasies: Mr. Romney criticized the energy bill signed into law last month by President Bush that requires cars and trucks sold in the United States to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Substantial majorities in both parties in both houses of Congress approved the mea ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Michigan, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What Al Gore could do
There's a need for someone to draw contrasts among candidates on climate |
David Roberts |
13 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I said earlier that there's no point in Al Gore endorsing anyone in the primary. But if he does want to have a salutary effect on the presidential election, I have a proposal for him. More on that in a minute. It's looking like John McCain has a better than even chance of getting the Republican nomination. He has the distinction of being by far the most sensible Republican candidate on the subject of climate change. It is one of his storied heresies from Republican o ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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McCain on climate and coal in Michigan
Rubber, meet road |
David Roberts |
13 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| So, McCain made a big deal out of climate change before the New Hampshire primary, sucking up to the state's independents. Now the Republicans are heading to Michigan, where there's an epic fight going on between environmentalists and massive rush of proposed new coal plants. Think McCain will take sides in that struggle? |
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| Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Huckabee on Colbert
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David Roberts |
11 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Bit of a dodge on global warming, no? |
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| Topics: climate, elections, funnies, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics) |
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Tabling the presidential discussion, part I: Follow the money
How Obama and Clinton stack up on food and ag |
Tom Philpott |
10 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two clear front-runners -- each of whom has managed a surprise victory over the other in a major primary -- the time has come to take a look at how they stack up on food and ag policy.If elected, would these prospective presidents kowtow to Big Food interests -- or work to rebuild local and regional food systems? To gain insight, over several posts I'll compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on three fr ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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How a Bill Becomes a Blah
Richardson drops out of presidential race, takes clean-energy fervor back to N.M. |
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10 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:47 PM on 10 Jan 2008 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today, after tanking in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. In making his announcement, he looked on the bright side: "A year ago ... we were the campaign with the most aggressive clean energy plan and the most ambitious standards for redu ... |
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| Topics: Bill Richardson, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Whom will Gore endorse?
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David Roberts |
10 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| First, in other primary news, Bill Richardson, whose energy plan was excellent but who failed to excite anyone, at all, even a little bit, has dropped out of the Dem primary. Also, John Kerry, who didn't excite all that many people either, has endorsed Barack Obama. The big question, according to Josh, is whom Al Gore will endorse. I've seen lots of speculation about this. My strong inclination is that Gore will not endorse anyone until the general, when he will endor ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Granite State Update
Clinton and McCain win New Hampshire primaries, attract green voters |
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09 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:42 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a record number of voters in New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday -- and is it mere coincidence that the majority of them voted for candidates with real plans to tackle climate change? Well, OK, probably yes. Hillary Clinton was the victor on the Democratic side; she's got a strong platform on climate and clean energy (though her main Dem ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Highway to Hill
Clinton wins Democratic primary in New Hampshire |
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08 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:02 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire's Democratic primary, beating Barack Obama by a slim margin and John Edwards by a sizeable one. Clinton has a strong, comprehensive climate and energy plan -- but then again, so do her Democratic competitors. Check out Grist's interview with Clinton and fact sheet on Clinton to get the full scoop on her environmental platform and record. ... |
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| Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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New Hampshire results
McCain and Clinton win |
David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I go get my hair cut and look what happens. McCain has won the NH primary with 37 percent to Romney's 30 percent. That's roughly what was expected.The huge news, though, is that Clinton is ahead, with 39 percent to Obama's 36 percent.If Clinton pulls out a win in NH it's going to flip the entire campaign narrative yet again, demonstrating that pundits don't know sh*t and voters know how to make up their own minds. UPDATE: NPR has called it for Clinton, 39-36. Edwar ... |
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| Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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McCain Is Able
McCain wins in New Hampshire, after trolling for green votes |
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08 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:00 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a surge of voters in New Hampshire's primary -- and is it mere coincidence that the only Republican with a real plan to tackle climate change won? Well, OK, probably yes. But John McCain, who handily prevailed in the Granite State's GOP primary, did make a deliberate appeal to New Hampshire voters who care about the environment. "I will clean ... |
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| Topics: elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'His ideas have mirrored John's'
Elizabeth Edwards says her hubby is the man to build a social movement |
David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From Ezra Klein's short but interesting interview with Elizabeth Edwards: Ezra Klein: The message you seemed to be previewing on Sunday was that Obama's a great guy, he's got a great philosophy, really good ideas, but it's in his head and not in his heart. Elizabeth Edwards: Except for the ideas part, sure. His health care plan is slightly different, but in most everything else, he's adopted what John had said before. I'm not saying he can't have great ide ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Warm in NH
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David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Time has a nice little story on the "Eight Keys to New Hampshire." Number six: global warming. It may be Al Gore's ultimate political triumph: climate change as a key election issue. Everywhere they go throughout the state, candidates from both parties field questions about global warming from voters who are looking for more than just platitudes. They want to hear about cap-and-trade, carbon tax, hybrid cars, and woe to the candidate who tries to sid ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Turnout in NH
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David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| High. |
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| Topics: elections, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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